Pumpkin bombs are an environmental hazard introduced in Harvest Event and are found on all later Halloween maps except MVM Ghost Town. They spawn in set positions on each map and explode when damaged by Hitscan, Projectile, and Melee weapons, causing high damage over a moderate radius. After a short amount of time, replacements for exploded pumpkins respawn randomly among a set of positions ready to be blown apart again.

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Pumpkin jump

A player can perform a Pumpkin jump by standing near a Pumpkin bomb and jumping as it explodes. The explosion launches the player up into the air in a similar fashion to a rocket jump. While this carries the player an impressive distance, it is a highly damaging technique and often instantly kills weaker classes.

Using this technique with certain classes (such as the Scout) is difficult due to the low amount of health that those classes have when not buffed by a Medic. If a player is not killed by the blast itself, they will most likely die from the fall damage inflicted upon landing.

Bugs

Standing in a Pumpkin bomb's location when it spawns locks the player in place. Under normal play conditions, when a player is locked in such a manner, detonation of the pumpkin or dying is the only way to escape.

A pumpkin bomb death caused by a third party (e.g. MONOCULUS or Merasmus) will appear to be a suicide.